Maria Clementina Sobieski – one of just three women buried in St Peter’s Basilica – lived a life of extraordinary defiance ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Medieval Europe continues with a video in which we will talk about the history behind Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The reign ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

The lottery of Charles's birth, in the city of Ghent, modern Belgium, on February 24th, 1500, placed him at the centre of a genealogical network which covered half Europe. His father, Philip, was Duke ...

Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Credit: Bob3321 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled over the classical world’s most powerful empire. In addition to his achievements as a ...

Founded in 962 by Otto I, the Holy Roman ... crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III in Rome—a first in three centuries! After the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian Empire was divided among ...

In 1728, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI ordered that a 1,200-mile fortified chain of guard posts along the entire eastern boundary of his lands be made into a permanent Pestkordon. Travelers and ...